Bharathidasan University, [BU] Tiruchirappalli - Hostels and Facilities

Campuses:

• Main Campus: 631.17 Acres
• South Campus: 354.76 Acres
• Khajamalai Campus: 52.56 Acres

Facilities at Bharathidasan University –

Library:

• The library has been functional since 29th May 1997 and is spread across an area of 6215.56 Sq meters. The library consists of Stack, Reference, Circulation, Periodicals, Technical section, Digital Library, Audio Visual Centre and Reprography sections to provide adequately for all the academic needs of its staff and students. It also provides access to online resources like DOAJ, IAS, NISCAIR, DLS, etc.

Internet facility

• Internet connectivity is provided through Campus-wide network (Optical Fiber Backbone) which is maintained by the Informatics Centre. The Hostels, Staff Quarters, Vice-Chancellor's Residence, Guest House, Administrative Building and all the Departments of the University have connection to the internet through Wireless Technology also. A Campus-wide network using Optical Fibre Cable and Structured Cabling work in the buildings of the Khajamalai Campus of the University has been established recently.

Sports:

• The university has a well-functioning gymnasium with multi-gym facilities and yoga center, an indoor stadium for table tennis, chess, carom, weight lifting and power lifting. The university trains students in the following outdoor games: Basket Ball, Ball Badminton, Cricket, Foot Ball, Hockey, kho-kho, Kabadi, Hand Ball and Net Ball. The University also has a standard 400-metre athletic track with the facility to conduct all the field events.

Hostels:

• Currently there are eight hostels in the University. Four hostels are for accommodation of boys and the remaining four hostels are for girls. While the Sindhu Hostel is located at the Khajamalai Campus, all the other hostels are in the Palkalaiperur main campus. There is  a total of 1460 students staying in the hostels. Among them 694 are boys and 766 are girls. The hostels were started over different periods of time: Sindhu Hostel in 1974; Cauvery and Ponni Hostels in 1993; Porunai Hostel in 2003; Mullai, Kurinji and Vaigai Hostels in 2008; and Bhavani Hostel in 2009. Among all the Hostels, the Porunai hostel is meant exclusively for the male research scholars.

Health Centre:

• The University’s Health Centre was established in the year 1993 which is as big as 300 sq.ft. area and is very close to the Administrative Building, Hostels and to the Staff Quarters. The Health Centre has physical facilities such as bathroom, toilet, wash basins, fans, lights, drinking water, etc. The health centre has First-aid medicine, IRR Lamp, Electrocardiogram and other basic equipments. The working hours of the Health Centre is from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The Centre has tie-ups with all the major hospitals in the city.